7 Most Influential Presidents

Here are the seven most influential presidents that we believe have changed the world during their presidency.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is recognized as one of the many scholars to have been the best President. He is credited with holding the Union together and leading the North to victory during the Civil War. Lincoln believed that it was important to keep the Union together, in order to defeat the Confederation. Also, his actions and beliefs led to the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. The emancipation freed African Americans from slavery. The Homestead Act was another important piece of legislation that was passed - which allowed squatters to take title to 160 acres of land after having lived in it for five years which helped populate the Great Plains.